Cardinal runners 4th, 16th at TCU

September 6, 2013

MONTGOMERY - The Fairmont cross country teams focused on being aggressive this week and not holding back.

That mentality paid off as the Cardinal girls raced to a fourth-place finish in their 22-team race, while the Fairmont boys finished 16th out of 27 teams.

"We had been stressing this week running and being aggressive and not being afraid to go all-out," said Fairmont head coach Bob Bonk. "I was very pleased to see that all of the runners really tried to do that in this race."

Katiana Fischer topped the Fairmont girls with a 17th-place finish in the field of 163 with a time of 17:09.9.

Jenna Pavich was not far behind Fischer, coming in 23rd with a time of 17:26.0.

Sarah Bartz raced in with a 41st-place time of 17:56.7, while Molly Hawkins came in at 17:57.5 for 42nd.

Emily Haugen completed the Cardinals' team score with a 43rd-place time of 17:59.9.

Hannah Johnson and Jaclyn Friese rounded out the Fairmont effort with times of 18:31.0 and 18:39.3 for 61st and 66th places, respectively.

The Blue Earth Area girls raced to a 15th-place team finish, with Taylor Grandgenett leading the Bucs with a 47th-place time of 18:07.3.

Shayna Stevermer and Signe Olson came in 73rd and 80th place with times of 19:04.9 and 19:19.5 for the Bucs.

Mariah Halvorson and Jenna Stevermer completed Blue Earth Area's scoring times in 19:32.4 and 19:52.1 for 84th and 92nd, respectively.

Makenzie Slette and Athena Peterson rounded out the Bucs' effort in 20:52.8 and 21:13.3 for 115th and 120th places.

Samantha Maul led the Madelia/Truman/ Martin Luther Jayhawks girls team to a 22nd-place finish with an individual race of 19:49.2 for 91st.